DURHAM, N.C. – Chandra Tucker shines a blue light on yeast and mammalian cells in her Duke University lab and the edges of them start to glow. The effect is the result of a light-activated switch from ...

What is the role and molecular basis of electrical signaling in higher plants? This can now be investigated non-invasively for the first time. Optogenetics denotes the manipulation of cellular ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health. This article is more than 7 years old. While the habit of ...

Optogenetics denotes the manipulation of cellular processes by light-based biological techniques. An international research team led by the Würzburg plant scientists Rainer Hedrich, Georg Nagel and ...